This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2007CB108802);State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China(P2008-ZZ16,P2009-ZZ02).
The reduction of geraniol to citronellol is the first step for the synthesis of natural phytol in the production of tocopherols and natural vitamin K.Baker's yeast was used in the bioreduction described above as a who...